Siheyuan: Traveling through Cai Quanwu, pretending to be Uncle Shazhu

Cai Quanwu has been to this black market twice. Each time he came and left in a hurry and had never dealt with the people who managed the black market.

He didn't dare go to the two black markets he had dealt with before.

Cai Quanwu was afraid that if he went there too often, he would easily expose himself.

He basically moves to another location after each shot.

There are so many black markets of all sizes in Beijing, just like leeks, one crop after another pops up.

I really want to go, every day without carrying anything heavy.

"Forget it, why don't we just talk here? I'm a timid person."

Cai Quanwu thought about it and finally refused.

It’s not that Tsai is timid, he is not afraid of being robbed by other gangs.

But if the other party really develops that kind of thought, things will inevitably get out of hand.

This is not what I want.

I just want to earn some stable money and live my life leisurely.

Here, there are many people setting up stalls, and they are afraid to act rashly, so they have to restrain their ideas.

If they really force people to buy and sell here, once the news gets out, they won’t have to operate this black market anymore.

Since they can organize a black market, there is no way they haven’t thought of this.

Seeing that Cai Quanwu was unmoved, the leading man hadn't said anything yet, but the man who had come before started cursing.

"Damn it, you kid dare not give our brother Hao face, do you still want to do business?"

When Cai Quanwu heard the man start cursing, his face darkened. He stared at the man in the lead, who seemed to be called Brother Hao, and said coldly, "What? Are you planning to force a sale?"

The man named Brother Hao was not stupid. As soon as the younger brother beside him said something, he knew that something bad was going to happen.

After hearing Cai Quanwu’s words, he immediately comforted her.

"Brother, you misunderstood."

After saying that, he glared at the man who had just spoken and cursed, "Er Gou, who the hell told you to speak?"

"We are serious businessmen now, do you understand? We must abide by the rules when doing business. Change your old habits, or get out of here."

"By the way, why don't you apologize to this brother?"

The man named Ergou was scolded by Brother Hao, so he quickly smiled and bowed to Brother Hao and said:

"Yes, yes, Brother Hao, you are right. I was the one who said too much."

After Brother Hao finished smiling, the man named Ergou said to Cai Quanwu with a smile: "Brother, I'm sorry, I spoke too quickly. If you are a big man, don't bear grudges, just treat it as a fart."

The man named Ergou apologized to Cai Quanwu with a smile on his face.

However, Cai Quan could not see any resentment in the eyes of the man named Ergou.

Cai Quanwu cursed in his heart, you don’t even dare to offend Brother Hao, but you actually resent me.

As expected, there are few good guys among these thugs. They all bully the weak and fear the strong.

"Forget it, we can say that we became friends after fighting." Cai Quanwu pretended to be magnanimous.

Seeing that the two had talked it out, Brother Hao didn't take it to heart and said, "Brother, since you don't want to talk inside, let's find a place with fewer people to talk."

As he spoke, he looked around and explained.

“There are too many people here.”

Cai Quanwu looked around and saw that there were indeed quite a lot of people, and many of them were staring at them.

Looking around, Cai Quanwu pointed towards an empty place.

"Why don't we go over there and talk."

Brother Hao looked in the direction of Cai Quanwu's finger and nodded.

Afterwards, Cai Quanwu covered the baskets with a black cloth, carried the two baskets and led the way, with Hao Ge and the others following closely behind.

When they got to a deserted place, Cai Quanwu put down the basket and said straight to the point: "Brother Hao, how much can you pay per pound?"

Brother Hao did not answer Cai Quanwu. He took out a cigarette from his pocket and walked around. The man named Ergou took the cigarette and lit it for Brother Hao like a lackey.

After lighting the cigarette, Brother Hao squatted down, lifted the black cloth on the basket, grabbed some tea leaves, stood up, looked at them, took a few more and chewed them in his mouth before saying, "The tea leaves are good."

"How about this, thirty-one kilograms, I'll buy all the tea here, how about that?"

When Cai Quanwu heard Brother Hao's offer, he did not respond immediately. He lit the cigarette that Brother Hao handed over, took a few puffs, pretended to think for a while, and said:

"Forty-one kilograms. All this tea is yours."

Although he was very satisfied with Brother Hao's offer, Cai Quanwu was not stupid.

Since Brother Hao offered a price of thirty-one kilograms, this price was definitely not his bottom price, so Cai Quanwu would of course raise the price.

When Brother Hao heard the price offered by Cai Quanwu, he frowned, flicked the ash off his cigarette with his hand, thought for a while, and then said, "Brother, forty is too high."

"We have to make some money from reselling it."

"We can't sell it at the price you offer."

"You have to leave us some space. No one will do a business that loses money."

"To tell you the truth, I only offer you this price because someone came to me and asked for a batch of tea."

"Normally, we wouldn't make much profit at this price."

"If we take back tea and fail to sell it in time, we may end up losing money if we keep it in our hands."

"Most people can't afford this kind of thing. I wouldn't come to you normally."

“Too few people come to the black market to buy this stuff.”

Cai Quanwu was skeptical about what Brother Hao said. You are running a black market and you still have things that you can't sell.

This tea is me.

There is no way out, otherwise Cai Quanwu would take it to the tea house and there would be many people willing to buy it privately.

Cai Quanwu doesn't believe that Brother Hao and the others don't have these connections.

Even if Brother Hao and his men don't have any connections, those who protect Brother Hao must have some connections.

There is nothing that cannot be sold in this day and age.

In an age of material scarcity, what is there to be lacking?

To put it bluntly, even if you bring a cartload of cow dung to me in the future, I can still sell it.

Ordinary people can't afford it, but there are still those extraordinary people.

For example, those people who cannot be mentioned, such as those old people and young people, such as those literati and poets.

But in business, you make an offer and I counter, and it's normal for everyone to give and take.

"Brother Hao, how much can you give?"

"It's not easy for us to get these tea leaves. We are all trying to make a living. Thirty is too insincere."

Cai Quanwu fooled himself into giving himself an identity so that Brother Hao would be wary and could bargain more easily.

When Brother Hao heard what Cai Quanwu said, a thoughtful look appeared on his face, just as Cai Quanwu had not expected.

"32, how is it?"

"38."

"34."

"36."

Haoge raised the price a little, and Cai Quanwu lowered the price a little. After a few rounds of back and forth, Haoge said, "Everyone take a step back, 35."

"make a deal."

Cai Quanwu agreed.

This price has far exceeded Tsai Quanwu's psychological expectations.

You know, he has never sold it at such a high price before.

Cai Quanwu guessed that Brother Hao was not telling the truth. No one asked him to buy tea, but he wanted to use the tea to establish some connections, so he offered a relatively high price.

Of course, Cai Quanwu’s guess may not be accurate. Maybe someone really asked Brother Hao to get some tea.

But these have nothing to do with Tsai.

After agreeing on the price, Brother Hao ordered his men to get a scale.

After a while, the man named Ergou came over with a scale and a basket.

The last time I weighed it, it was a little over 21 pounds.

Cai Quanwu generously rounded off the decimal point and calculated it as twenty-one pounds.

"Brother, the total is 735 yuan, please calculate it."

After weighing, Brother Hao calculated the bill.

"no problem."

Even elementary school students in later generations can do the math on paper, so Cai Quanwu would certainly be able to do it.

After counting the money, Brother Hao took out a large stack of money from his bag and started counting it in front of Cai Quanwu.